The ruling on fasting only the day of 'Ashura
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks: If one wants to fast only the day of 'Ashura, does he receive reward for it? And is it necessary to fast both the ninth and the tenth?
Answer:
Yes, fasting the day of 'Ashura, if one limits himself to it, is sufficient and he obtains the reward. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1738Sahih (Darussalam) This is the reward for fasting the day of 'Ashura. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted it and ordered its fasting, but when he saw the Jews fasting it, and we are forbidden from agreeing with the Jews and imitating them, he ordered fasting the day before it to differ from the Jews. Fasting the day before it is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks: If one wants to fast only the day of 'Ashura, does he receive reward for it? And is it necessary to fast both the ninth and the tenth?
Answer:
Yes, fasting the day of 'Ashura, if one limits himself to it, is sufficient and he obtains the reward. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Fasting the day of ‘Ashura’, I hope, will expiate for the sins of the previous year.
صيام يوم عاشورى تسب على الله أن يكفر السنة الماضية،
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/295 — archive.org (15:07)
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